Saudi beheaded citizen fr murder

RIYADH:    Saudi Arabia beheaded one of its
citizens on Monday after he was convicted of
murdering a relative  the interior ministry said
adding to a sharp increase in executions this
year.

Saleh al-Zahraini was convicted of shooting
dead Attiya al-Zahraini during a dispute
between them said the statement carried by
the official SPA news agency.

The latest beheading in the southwestern
Baba region brings to 115 the number of
executions this year in the kingdom,compared
with 87 for all of 2014 ,according to AFP
tallies ,Rights group Amnesty International
says Saudi Arabia is one of the world's most
prolific executioners.

Under the conservative kingdom's strict
Islamic sharia legal code,drug trafficking
rape,murder ,armed robbery and apostasy
are all punishable  by death,
The interior ministry has cited   deterrence
as a reason for carrying out the punishments.
AFP